Originally Posted by Destiny

She didn't know what was more exciting!

The fact that, after a few months without going near a Fire Crab, she was going to be able to play with them again, or the fact that she got to watch everyone else play with them. It was a tough call, but after a few moments of thinking, she decided that she was excited about bathing the creatures herself. With a final glance at all the students, to make sure they were doing what they were supposed to be, Vanora picked up the brush, giving her Fire Crab a quick scrubbing.


But, even though she was in her own little world, she did manage to hear quite a few questions. And she had been expecting there to be questions about that. The Fire Crabs were all rescues, after all, and it would have been peculiar if there wasn't any damage to the shells.

Placing her brush down, Vanora moved onto her knees so she could get a better look at what they were all talking about. Nothing major. So far.

"Kurumi. Your Fire Crab probably has some soil that manged to get into the crack. That's why it's uncomfortable. Just make sure it is cleaned out thoroughly, and when you're done with everything, put him back in that cage and bring him to me." Because, she only wanted them to wash the Fire Crabs. She would fix up their cracks. And discharge. She glanced over at Ella, "If there is no blood in the crack, you can do the same to your Fire Crab as Kurumi will do to hers." As for the discharge.. she then turned to Bella.

"You can go and pick up another washcloth." Because she needed one. "Wherever the discharge is, you're going to want to make sure that area is clean. Most likely, there is a crack that you can't see and it may have gotten infected. You can bring yours up to me when you're finished as well." Perhaps she should do a lesson on Fire Crab first aid.

Something to think about.



"That is a very good question, Sophie!" Vanora couldn't help but BEAM over at the Hufflepuff. "Wild Fire Crabs, or any kind of turtles for that matter, don't necessarily get clean. It's usually the reason why.. at least, when we would receive rescued Fire Crabs at the reserve, they were always so dirty. So, these little guys," she gave her own Fire Crab a loving pat, pat, pat on the shell, "appeciate what you're doing for them."



Another good question!

And a much needed one. Especially with most of them naming their Fire Crabs.

Vanora picked up the creature that she had been working on cleaning and very carefully, flipped him over in her hands, so that whoever was paying attention could see the bottom shell, and most importantly, the Fire Crab's tail. "This Fire Crab is a male. You can tell by the length and the width of the tail. Males have much longer, wider tails. Females have shorter, stubbier tails."

She nodded her head at Hannah, giving her the go ahead to find out what hers was.


Still holding her Fire Crab like it was able and willing to sit on her lap, Vanora turned her attention to Kendall when she spoke up. Of course, that was something that she hadn't expected to hear, or heard of ever, and she raised her eyebrows in curiosity.

"Opals?" she asked, just to make sure she heard correctly. "They could just be their normal jewels, just discolored." She would have to see for herself. "If you're finished cleaning yours, you can bring it to me."

Since she was expecting all the injured Fire Crabs to be surrounding her at any minute, it was probably a good idea to put her own back in his bucket. Besides, he seemed to be getting agitated, and although it wouldn't have been the first time she was burned, it was painful. She'd rather not take a trip to see Cece over it.

Merlin knew what her friend would say.

Fire Crab in the bucket, she turned her head just in time to see Kat approach, and her eyebrows raised again. Her partner's Fire Crab was jelly? Whaaaaat?

"You mean.. its shell, right?" RIGHT, CHILD!? "That's just soft shell, as it's called." She glanced in the direction of the girl's partner, and sure enough, the Fire Crab was fine and Tag was there poking the spot. "Tell him not to poke it anymore, and to just clean around the spot. The Fire Crab is just low on calcium, and that's something the sun will fix."

And a calcium bone, but the sun was better at it.

Oh. Oh. OHHH!!

Someone DID want to be her partner, and she BEAMED up at Eliza. "Of course I don't mind." She had said they could work with her. She just didn't think anyone would.

Scooting over some, just so the Ravenclaw had enough room to get to work, Vanora once again picked up the brush and went right back to scrubbing her Fire Crab's shell, casting glances over at Eliza just to see how she was doing. And it was so far, so good.

And if she wasn't expecting anyone to work with her, she really wasn't expecting to be talked to. But it was good. Awkward silences were the worst! "I guess it was just a chance for me to come back to Hogwarts. You don't realize you miss the place until you're gone for.. a long time." She had almost mentioned how long of a time it had been. "And your Fire Crab is a girl."

She had been looking.

WHAAAAAT!?!?!

Turning away from Eliza, Vanora simply staaaaared at Cassia and her question. Not that she could actually see the question, but she heard it and that only made her stare more. Could she.. PLUCK a jewel from the Fire Crab? Because she cleaned him? And if those questions weren't bad enough, she had to go ahead and pretty her please. "No."

No. No. Nonono. "You can not just pluck a jewel from the Fire Crab." And that went to everyone who was even thinking about it. "Removing the jewels will kill the Fire Crab." Not exactly. But in a sense it did. So no.

She hoped no one else would ask.

Vanora may not have been paying much attention to the rest of the students, especially the older ones, she had a Fire Crab in front of her, after all, but there was no way she was able to miss that screaming. And the spinning. And why in the name of Merlin did that boy not have a shirt on!?

If she wasn't so concerned about her baby, her baby who was attached to the boy's chest, she probably would have thought the whole thing quite hilarious. Really, how hard could a Fire Crab bite?

How did that even happen!?

All those questions that would probably go unanswered, because she really didn't want to know, Vanora pushed herself off the ground, and making sure to place a few protective charms around the area since the Fire Crab was shooting flames, she ran over to the pair. Well, as close to the pair as she could get without the chance of getting burned. "Mr. Wilde! I suggest you stop spinning right now or you will not have anything left for that Fire Crab to bite!" Hint hint.

Stop spinning!